All people

People of Henan

Artists

Painters and calligraphers whose brushwork set the standard.

3 entries, each linked to a place you can visit.

Tang

Wu Daozi

吴道子

WU

The 'sage of painting', whose line was said to move like wind.

Yuzhou, Xuchang

Three Kingdoms

Zhong Yao

钟繇

ZH

The calligrapher credited with forming regular script.

Changge, Xuchang

Ming and Qing

Wang Duo

王铎

WA

His running script is studied by calligraphers far beyond China.

Mengjin, Luoyang